Lorin
Lorin was last recorded in 2025, when 10 babies were given it; 7,406 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2025 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,990 Americans named Lorin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 32 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lorin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lorin mean?
Wiktionary, Turkish section
Lorin is “a female given name from Latin, equivalent to French Laurine” Its etymology gives the sense “laurel tree” (laurus).
From Late Latin saint’s name Laura, from the feminine form of laurus (“laurel tree”). A post-classical name made famous by Petrarch’s sonnets to Laura in the fourteenth century.
/ˈlɒɹin/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Turkish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lorin?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,802, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
139 babies in 1989, the peak
Lorin peaked in 1989, when 139 babies were given it (32 boys, #2,176 among boys’ names). The 10 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,836 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,305 | 6 | #11,802 |
| 2023 | 6 | #14,456 | 6 | #11,698 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,396 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,532 | 7 | #10,362 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,705 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,007 | 5 | #13,349 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,605 | 9 | #8,564 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,113 | 6 | #11,619 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,456 | 13 | #6,565 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | #7,143 | 6 | #11,560 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,338 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,978 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,761 | 8 | #9,375 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,472 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,131 | 8 | #9,335 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,170 | 6 | #11,893 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,272 | 5 | #13,787 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,830 | 6 | #11,794 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,420 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,228 | 9 | #8,052 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,867 | 7 | #9,553 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,909 | 12 | #6,100 |
| 2002 | 53 | #2,837 | 9 | #7,413 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,582 | 7 | #8,863 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,800 | 15 | #4,940 |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,169 | 17 | #4,257 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,594 | 16 | #4,315 |
| 1997 | 63 | #2,181 | 14 | #4,590 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,074 | 19 | #3,621 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,941 | 23 | #3,059 |
| 1994 | 87 | #1,706 | 20 | #3,408 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,785 | 22 | #3,099 |
| 1992 | 91 | #1,667 | 24 | #2,883 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,980 | 22 | #2,953 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,557 | 18 | #3,397 |
| 1989 | 107 | #1,399 | 32 | #2,176 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,743 | 24 | #2,480 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,600 | 35 | #1,851 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,529 | 38 | #1,679 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,059 | 31 | #1,897 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,716 | 35 | #1,674 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,942 | 44 | #1,441 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,132 | 36 | #1,667 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,144 | 42 | #1,488 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,997 | 45 | #1,423 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,208 | 38 | #1,555 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,607 | 37 | #1,556 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,589 | 39 | #1,485 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,580 | 38 | #1,463 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,218 | 37 | #1,471 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,173 | 52 | #1,146 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,664 | 41 | #1,302 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,793 | 61 | #1,037 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,775 | 44 | #1,264 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,381 | 58 | #1,076 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,487 | 63 | #969 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,926 | 50 | #1,052 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,678 | 59 | #945 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,171 | 92 | #763 |
| 1965 | 25 | #2,438 | 111 | #708 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,510 | 95 | #776 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,668 | 65 | #933 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,099 | 68 | #922 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,510 | 52 | #1,089 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,036 | 57 | #1,019 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,319 | 57 | #1,022 |
| 1958 | 16 | #3,031 | 60 | #987 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,992 | 66 | #931 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,433 | 72 | #885 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,249 | 66 | #918 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,251 | 56 | #1,001 |
| 1953 | 14 | #3,030 | 83 | #781 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,258 | 67 | #855 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,627 | 63 | #887 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,848 | 75 | #789 |
| 1949 | under 5 | 88 | #733 | |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,073 | 67 | #833 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,757 | 79 | #775 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 75 | #772 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 52 | #872 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 49 | #915 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 60 | #863 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 55 | #895 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 64 | #782 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 46 | #946 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 43 | #966 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 43 | #971 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 36 | #1,087 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 36 | #1,081 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 49 | #910 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 42 | #1,003 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 42 | #989 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 47 | #957 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 49 | #931 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 56 | #888 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 59 | #866 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 53 | #932 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 57 | #906 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 65 | #823 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 60 | #865 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 58 | #922 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 67 | #825 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 56 | #936 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 64 | #874 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 60 | #893 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 48 | #981 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 58 | #878 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 42 | #1,010 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 68 | #740 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 62 | #765 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 49 | #757 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 44 | #686 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 26 | #887 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 8 | #1,345 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 8 | #1,126 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 9 | #994 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 8 | #1,059 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 6 | #1,194 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #885 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 5 | #1,320 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 5 | #1,227 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,092 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 7 | #1,122 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 6 | #1,074 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 8 | #831 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 5 | #1,196 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 5 | #1,181 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 5 | #1,178 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 8 | #739 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 5 | #1,051 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #1,006 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Lorin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,406 Americans recorded as Lorin, 36% are girls and 64% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Lorin every year since 1986. In 2025 it went to 10 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Lorin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lorin, and how old are they?
4,990 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 7,406 Americans ever recorded as Lorin. The median Lorin alive today is 45 years old; half are between 32 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 5,169 people named Lorin (2,544 women and girls, 2,625 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,258 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 174 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,080 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,180 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,560 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 781 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 217 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lorin born?
The states with the most babies named Lorin are California, Utah and Texas, with 57% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Utah is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 614 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Utah | 328 | not ranked | 5.1× |
| Texas | 224 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 186 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 145 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Idaho | 92 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Illinois | 86 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 61 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Wisconsin | 43 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 39 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Lorin is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lorin is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 5.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lorin with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 72,136 babies since 1880, Lorin is the second most given (10% of them). In 2025 it was given to 10 of their 105 babies (9.5%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lorin
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Loren | 59,320 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lorin and names like it
- Compare Lorin and LorenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sLorin peaked in 1989.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lorin since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lorin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Lorin.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Lorin alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with LMost given first.